The study is a retrospective study and is descriptive in nature. In this study, the investigators aimed to emphasize the importance of anesthesia management by cardiac risk assessment of patients undergoing epicardial ablation under general anesthesia and analysis of complications that developed during the procedure.
The study is retrospective observational and data were collected by examining the files of all epicardial ablation patients received in the angiography unit starting from 30.10.2020 until 30.10.2022 after ethics committee approval is obtained. Baseline characteristic features of the patients Sex, Age, (years, BMI (kg/m2) Hypertension, Coronary artery disease, COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), CKD (Chronic kidney disease) Electrical storm, and ventricular tachycardia etiology, Ischemic cardiomyopathy, Dilated cardiomyopathy, the presence of ARVC (Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy), Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy will be recorded. NHYA classification will be examined in two groups as NHYA I or II and NHYA III or IV, also estimated glomerular filtration rate, left ventricular ejection fraction, PAAINESD (acute hemodynamic decompensation risk assessment score), iVT score (Risk of VT recurrence) Score information will be recorded. Ventricular tachycardia focus locations, dopamine, dobutamine, norepinephrine infusion requirement during the procedure, arrest development during the procedure, fluoroscopy time and ablation times will be recorded. In the follow-up of the patients after the procedure Causes of death, decompensated heart failure, transient ischemic attack, development of acute renal failure, and recurrence of ventricular tachycardia will be recorded. PAAINESD score (acute hemodynamic decompensation risk assessment score) will be recorded. The PAAINESD Score, developed to estimate the risk of periprocedural hemodynamic decompensation, has values ranging from 0 to 35 points (or 0 to 31 \[PAINESD\] when the modifiable intraprocedural variable "general anesthesia" is excluded). duration of the procedure, the need for inotropes during the procedure, whether the patient needed mechanical ventilation after the procedure, and the success rates after the procedure will be recorded. PAINESD Pulmonary disease (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) 5 Age \>60 years 3 Anaesthesia (general) 4 Ischaemic cardiomyopathy 6 NYHA class III or IV 6 Ejection fraction \<25 % 3 Storm (VT). 5 Diabetes 3 Data will be analyzed in three separate categories, the characteristics of the patients before the procedure, during the procedure and after the procedure. Descriptive tables and percentages of parameters will be created by statistical analysis.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
22
Epicardial catheter ablation is often necessary for the successful treatment of scar-induced ventricular tachycardia (VT), especially in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy (NICMP) where scarring is more extensive on the mid-myocardial or epicardial surface. Because epicardial mapping can be painful and patient movement can limit mapping and safe epicardial access, a common strategy for these patients is general anesthesia.
University of Eskisehir Osmangazi
Eskişehir, Odunpazarı, Turkey (Türkiye)
sex
male %
Time frame: 2 years
age
years
Time frame: 2 years
weight
kilograms
Time frame: 2 years
height
meters
Time frame: 2 years
Hypertension
yes or no
Time frame: 2 years
Diabetes mellitus
yes or no
Time frame: 2 years
Coronary artery disease
yes or no
Time frame: 2 years
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
yes or no
Time frame: 2 years
Chronic kidney disease
yes or no
Time frame: 2 years
Systolic pulmonary artery pressure
mmHg
Time frame: 2 years
Left ventricular ejection
%
Time frame: 2 years
PAAINESD (Acute hemodynamic decompensation risk assessment, ranging from 0 to 35 points, 35 point is the worst) score
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score 0-35
Time frame: 2 years
ASA ( American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification ranging from I to IV
score I-IV
Time frame: 2 years
Hemoglobin
g/dl
Time frame: 2 years
glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)
ml/dak/1,73m2
Time frame: 2 years
Total procedural time
minutes
Time frame: 2 years
Fluoroscopy time
minutes
Time frame: 2 years
Ablation time
minutes
Time frame: 2 years
Transient ischemic attack after procedure
yes or no
Time frame: 2 years
Exitus during the follow-up
yes or no
Time frame: 2 years
cause of death
End-Stage heart failure, VT storm
Time frame: 2 years